Mataram – At least 500 tobacco farmers in East Lombok staged a rally at the West Nusa Tenggara administration office Monday demanding…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite a recent setback in the Constitutional Court, lawmakers are moving forward with their initiative to use the…

Indonesia's consumer confidence was little changed in April, a survey by the Danareksa Research Institute (DRI) showed, with those…

The House of Representatives on Monday officially adopted the revised 2010 state budget, despite opposition lawmakers walking out of proceedings…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Irvan Tisnabudi & Dion Bisara – Threats by opposition lawmakers to block passage of the government's 2010 budget…

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – As the country celebrated National Education Day, which falls every May 2, critics are lamenting what they call an "…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Pasuruan – The quality of groundwater flowing to Surabaya and Gresik in East Java is likely to drop and will be contaminated…

Jakarta – Street thugs run a virtual monopoly of Jakarta's on-street parking spaces, taking the lion's share of fees paid by motorists and ruling…

Anung Wendyartaka – To this day there has yet to be any visible sign of a breakthrough in the improvement of workers' standard of living. On the…

Jakarta – Indonesian journalists took the opportunity of Press Day on Monday to affirm their commitment to fight against all forms of…

Criminal defamation is a potent weapon for those who want to silence critics in Indonesia. The government ought to be encouraging whistle-…

The leaders of the National Mandate Party have rejected a bid by the party's East Java branch to nominate actress and singer Julia "Jupe" Perez as…

Heru Andriyanto – Recent scandals involving law-enforcement officials are further eroding public trust in the police force and judiciary in a…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The lawmakers' recent move to criticize the antigraft body's decision to name key local government officials as…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The race to chair President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party has become more heated as negative campaigning…

Purwokerto – In a country were illegal logging and forest conversion is rife, a central Java teenager is facing the prospects of 10…

Dessy Sagita – An Indonesian transsexual organization has criticized the Depok public order agency for failing to prevent dozens of hard-line…

The Human Rights Consequences of Criminal Defamation Law in Indonesia

Ulma Haryanto - As workers around the world marked May Day, they once again drew public attention to the shoddy way in which many companies treat…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Police have not arrested any members of a hardline Islamic group who stormed a human rights training session for…

Irvan Tisnabudi & Ardian Wibisono – Indonesia posted a 41 percent rise in foreign direct investment in the first quarter of 2010 over the same…

Nivell Rayda & Ismira Lutfia – Taking note that today is World Press Freedom Day, activists and experts said on Sunday that journalists in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives' proposal to build a new office building at the cost of Rp 1.8 trillion ($200 million) was…

Aidi Yursal & Dessy Sagita – The May Day banners have been put away but protesters in Jakarta plan to hit the streets again this week because…

Jakarta – Thousands of workers from various different labour organisations and alliances arrived in waves at the State Palace on Jl. Merdeka Utara…

Arif Ardiansyah, Jakarta – Journalists from the print and electronic media in the South Sumatra city of Palembang commemorated May Day…

Rofiqi Hasan, Denpasar – Scores of workers and non-government organisation (NGO) activists commemorated May Day with a protest action…

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – A number of labour and peasant organisations in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung commemorated May Day by holding…

Ratih P Sudarsono, Bogor – Around 400 workers in the city of Bogor commemorated May Day by spending Saturday afternoon enjoying…

Ayu Fritriana, Jakarta – During a break in the labour demonstrations in Jakarta, a rat joined the protest action. Of course it wasn't…

Muhammad Taufiqqurahman, Jakarta – A clash between hundreds of workers and police broke out during the commemoration of May Day in front of the…

Sofian, Jakarta – Loading and unloading activities at the Koja Container Terminal (TPK Koja) in North Jakarta were paralyzed by a…

Abd Azis, Makassar – Scores of students from the United Anti-Global Neoliberalism People's Movement for a Makassar Revolution (…

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – Commemorating May Day today, thousands of students, workers and social organisations held a long-march through the main…

Muhammad Taufik, Mojokerto – The commemoration of May Day in the East Java city of Mojokerto on Saturday May 1 was joined by around 5,…

Ambrosius Harto, Samarinda – Around 100 worker and student activists commemorated May Day with a demonstration at the East Kalimantan…

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Hundreds of workers and activists in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang commemorated May…

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Hundreds of workers in the Central Java city of Solo commemorated May Day by holding a cultural action and free…

Rohman Taufiq, Surabaya – Students in the Central Java provincial capital of Surabaya enlivened a protest action when they joined…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – May Day was also commemorated by hundreds of workers in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta with demands for the…

Jakarta – A number of labor union activists burned down a giant mouse effigy during a rally to commemorate the International Labor Day…

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers in Bintan in Riau Islands literally celebrated the International Labor Day on Saturday.

The labor…

Violence erupted in Central Jakarta on Saturday as thousands of workers marched on the Presidential Palace to mark Labor Day.

Reports said…

Vivi W – Commemorating May Day, 5,000 workers from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) held a protest action in Jakarta today against the pro-…

Xavier La Canna – Woodside Petroleum Ltd will send a high-level team including chief executive Don Voelte to East Timor, after the tiny nation…

Jakarta – East Timor has rejected a proposal for a floating liquefied natural gas platform in a disputed Timor Sea gas field as a waste of time…

Adisti Dini Indreswari, Jakarta – Temporary workers at Jakarta International Container Terminal at Tanjung Priok Seaport rallied…

Barbara Surk – Reforms undertaken by governments in the Middle East to protect domestic workers, including from Indonesia, from abuse are…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Nivell Rayda, Armando Siahaan & Irvan Tisnabudi – Defying critics who were already furious that antigraft…

Ronna Nirmala – In the latest outburst by the Islamic Defenders Front, dozens of hard-liners charged into a civil rights training session for…